City crews are slated to begin utility work prior to resurfacing the stretch of road in hopes that will be completed before the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games.

Mayoral candidate John Tory suggested Wednesday that government officials responsible for the closure of the Lakeshore didn’t consult with the people responsible for the closure of the Gardiner Expressway – which is reduced one lane until 2016.

“I’m told in this case, they didn’t. How else could we explain the fact that they end up doing the same thing at the same time?” Tory said. “It’s either grossly inconsiderate, or I’m right, which I know I am, that they didn’t talk to each other. Either one is unacceptable.”

But Stephen Buckley, the city’s manager of transportation services, said that’s just not true. He was at the table for both discussions he said and both projects are absolutely necessary.

“It’s work that needs to get done. Folks are complaining about the condition of the roads, we need to get this work done,” he said in an interview.